M2.0 earthquake 21 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 21 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Apr 2, 2016, 12:18 AM AKDT (08:18 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 Kodiak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-02 08:18:01 UTC
- Depth
- 59.2 km (36.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.380° N, 154.548° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.833 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.055 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.727 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 47 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.958 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 96 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.125 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.40 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.240 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.169 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.223 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.64 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.389 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.636 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.829 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.154 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.828 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.954 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.511 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.418 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 44 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.821 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.043 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.065 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.834 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.860 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.787 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.227 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.978 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.138 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 72 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.923 km WSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.418 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 59 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.824 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.882 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.634 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 54 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.184 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.250 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.918 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.663 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.884 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.741 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.660 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.984 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.244 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 96 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.032 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 65 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.265 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.018 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3842 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.560 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.573 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.168 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.618 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.030 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.078 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.939 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.230 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.470 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.127 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.152 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
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